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Hey there, Aventura! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How an Aventura upbringing flavors Jewish life on a D.C. campus
• Why a Venezuela oil power play was unveiled in Aventura

Also on today's calendar: Gregg L. Friedman MD Psychiatry and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 82 and low of 71 degrees.
• Saturday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
• Sunday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Arlington's Yael Klucznik Brings Diverse Flavors of Judaism to GW (washingtonjewishweek.com) — Aventura plays a formative role in this story, as GW Hillel fellow Yael Klucznik describes growing up in the city’s tight-knit, largely Hispanic Jewish community and having her bat mitzvah at Chabad at Aventura. Now living in Arlington and working at George Washington University, she uses food-centered programs to share diverse Jewish traditions with students while staying rooted in the culture she first experienced in Aventura.
   

• Rubio Outlines Three‑Phase Plan for Venezuela After Maduro Capture (visiontimes.com) — A major national energy policy announcement on Venezuela’s oil future was just delivered at a Goldman Sachs conference in Aventura, putting the city briefly in the spotlight of global geopolitics. U.S. officials outlined a three‑phase plan after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, including U.S. control over Venezuelan oil sales, with remarks in Aventura emphasizing how redirected crude could reshape world supplies and energy markets.
   

📸 Around Aventura

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Aventura

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• Kids: Direct Your Own Friendship Film on iPad - Apple
  Apple Aventura, 19501 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura
  11:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• South Florida Calligraphy Guild Workshop
  Northeast Dade-Aventura Branch - Auditorium
  10:00 am
• Citizenship Class
  Sunny Isles Beach Branch Library Sunny Isles Beach Branch -
  10:00 am
• Furry Tales
  Northeast Dade-Aventura Branch -
  11:00 am
• Eugenia Méndez
  Kalos Music & Art School , 20634 Biscayne Blvd , Aventura
  6:00 pm
• The Sinatra Experience with Dave Halston
  Aventura Arts & Cultural Center , 3385 NE 188th St , Aventura
  7:30 pm
• The Dean Martin Story
  Aventura Arts & Cultural Center , 3385 NE 188th St , Aventura
  7:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• Two Piano Extravaganza: Kemal Gekic & Kristina Miller
  Aventura Arts & Cultural Center , 3385 NE 188th St , Aventura
  5:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Gregg L. Friedman MD Psychiatry
  2500 E Hallandale Beach Blvd, Suite 702, Hallandale Beach, FL, 33009
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 9

• Take and Make Crafts
  North Shore Branch -
  9:30 am
• CAW Parenting Classes
  North Miami, FL Calendar , 835 NE 132 Street , North Miami
  10:00 am
• Zen Art to Heal
  Northeast Dade-Aventura Branch -
  11:00 am
• Intro to AI Applications
  North Miami, FL Calendar , 835 NE 132 Street , North Miami
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Sunny Isles Beach

• Sunny Isles Beach man charged with second-degree murder in fatal shooting at park in North Miami Beach, police say (wsvn.com)
• 11 hotels opening in 2026 that will move you to reconnect with nature (theweek.com)
• Brian Ferdinand, Founder Of Collapsed Hotel Chain, Files For Bankruptcy (bisnow.com)

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